John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School and a recognized expert in early Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls. His many other works include The Apocalyptic Imagination, Beyond the Qumran Community, The Scepter and the Star, and (with Daniel C. Harlow) The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism.
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"A brilliant, readable, scholarly study. . . . The definitive
biography of Herod the Great. . . . Essential." Tessa Rajak
-- University of Reading
"This substantial and exceptionally well-documented study of Herod
the Great will be for a good long time the basic resource for
English readers on the grim but brilliantly successful monarch who
was one of the shapers of world history. There is no doubt that it
is a needed book. .--.--. Adam Kolman Marshak shuttles with the
ease and assurance of an expert Roman historian between ground
level and the bigger picture, carrying the reader with him all the
way." Donald T. Ariel
-- Israel Antiquities Authority
"Applying the valuable reference point of self-presentation to
Herod, the famous king of Judaea, Marshak has created an excellent
vehicle to more fully understand the larger-than-life man in all of
his complexity. In this biography we come to appreciate how Herod
navigated in his Roman, Hellenistic, and Jewish worlds." Achim
Lichtenberger
-- Ruhr University Bochum
"A clear and well-written analysis of Herod's dynamic career, his
politics, and his self-representation as a Jewish, Hellenistic, and
Roman king. Marshak encompasses all aspects and sources, from texts
to architecture to coins. This comprehensive book presents Herod as
a model of a client king in the Augustan principate." Benedikt
Eckhardt
-- University of Münster
"Writing the history of Herod the Great is not an easy task.
Scholars are confronted with a hostile literary tradition and a
complex historical background. Marshak meets the various challenges
with aplomb. . . . An important contribution both to historical
scholarship on Judaea and to more general debates on the art of
government." John J. Collins (from the foreword)
-- Yale Divinity School
"A fine contribution not only to the history of Judaea but also to
the study of Roman client kingship, and indeed to ancient politics,
which have lost none of their relevance in the modern world."
Library Journal
"Marshak effectively develops the historical, cultural, and
religious context of Herod's time." Methodist Recorder
"For readers of the New Testament, this study provides much
fascinating background detail. . . . A fine study."
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